HB3597sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 5/8/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3597

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3597 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1129 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1129 new)

Sec. 5-1129. Annexation agreements. The county board of a county referenced in subsection (c) of Section 11-15.1-2.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code may, in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 11-15.1-2.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, retain jurisdiction over land that is the subject of an annexation agreement and is located more than 1.5 miles from the corporate boundaries of the municipality.

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 11-15.1-2.1 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-2.1)

Sec. 11-15.1-2.1. Annexation agreement; municipal jurisdiction.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), property Property that is the subject of an annexation agreement adopted under this Division is subject to the ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality in all respects the same as property that lies within the annexing municipality's corporate limits.

(b) This Section shall not apply in (i) a county with a population of more than 3,000,000 or , (ii) a county that borders a county with a population of more than 3,000,000 or (iii) a county with a population of more than 246,000 according to the 1990 federal census and bordered by the Mississippi River, unless the parties to the annexation agreement have, at the time the agreement is signed, ownership or control of all property that would make the property that is the subject of the agreement contiguous to the annexing municipality, in which case the property that is the subject of the annexation agreement is subject to the ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the municipality in all respects the same as property owned by the municipality that lies within its corporate limits.

(c) In the case of property that is located in Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Ogle, or Winnebago County, if the property that is the subject of an annexation agreement is located within 1.5 miles of the corporate boundaries of the municipality, that property is subject to the ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality. If the property is located more than 1.5 miles from the corporate boundaries of the annexing municipality, that property is subject to the ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality unless the county board retains jurisdiction by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members.

(d) If the county board retains jurisdiction under subsection (c) of this Section, the annexing municipality may file a request for jurisdiction with the county board on a case by case basis. If the county board agrees by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, then the property covered by the annexation agreement shall be subject to the ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.

(Source: P.A. 87-1137.)".